Of course you need to import them into Google. What's it going to do, magically read contacts off your phone? Just import into phone and then Google Sync/HTC Sync will do the rest.
Once they're in Google, no more losing phone = losing all contacts. Contacts are synced between phone and gmail so effectively available anywhere in the world with a phone signal. You can also back them up to your SD card and other stuff.
Of course you need to import them into Google. What's it going to do, magically read contacts off your phone? Just import into phone and then Google Sync/HTC Sync will do the rest.
Once they're in Google, no more losing phone = losing all contacts. Contacts are synced between phone and gmail so effectively available anywhere in the world with a phone signal. You can also back them up to your SD card and other stuff.
Google Translate does this.
I'll think about it.